Twine-holder.



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VvTWINE HOLDER.

' (Application le Dec. 28, 1901.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,124, dated November 11, 1902.

Application filed December 28,1901. Serial No. 87,611. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known'that I, DANIEL E. A. LUND- QUIST, a citizen of the United States, residing at lrene, in the county of Turner and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Twine-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of twineholders which are suspended from the ceiling or above the point where the t-wine is used.

The object of the invention is to provide a device for taking up or withdrawing the surplus twine after `it has been broken off in tying a parcel and one which does not require the twine to lift any material weight when drawing down the end thereof for use.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of this improved twine-holder,the ceiling and side wall to which it is attached being shown in section, the twine being in the position which it assumes when not in use. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of this improved twine-holder, showing the twine and its clamp in the positionlassunled when in use. .Fig 3 represents an enlarged detail of the lower end of the slide-rod with the spring clamp disposed thereon. spective View of the clamp.

The same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention maybe used in connection with the ordinary ball-holder, which is shown in two forms in the accompanying drawings, as' a ball 10, suspended from the ceiling. The

.holder connected with my invention is shown as the balllO suspended from the ceiling by a suitable hook 11 engaging an eye l2 in the ceiling. Avertical rod 20, preferably about twenty-eight inches in length, is attached at one end to the `ceiling adjacent to the ball 10- Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail pererably provided with grooves on their inner faces, and itis also provided with an aperture 35, through which thetwine is threaded.

A twine-guide device in the form of an eye 40 is preferably attached to the ceiling near the rod 20and on the side opposite from that on which the ball is disposed.

In the operation of this device the ball of twine is placed in the ball 10, with its free end extending through the openingin the bottom thereof. This twine, as 50, is threaded through the aperture 35 in the clamping-ring 30 and passed between the clamping-lips 33 and 34, then upward through the opening 22 in the rod 20, 4then across through the guideeye 40, and down to a point within easy reach of the clerk at the counter. The ring 30 being made of light resilient metal offers very little appreciable weight to be drawn up; but it is sufficiently heavy to overcome the weight of the surplus twine left after tying up a parcel.-

When the twine is desired for use, the operator takes hold of the end 5l, and with a slight pull the clamping-spring slides up on the rod 2O until it engages the outwardly-'projecting lug 23. The twine is then pulled against the tension of the spring, through the lips thereof, until the required amount is drawn out. After using the quantity desired the cord is broken or cut od and the broken end released, and this end under the force of gravity exerted on the spring 30 is caused to be drawn up by the spring sliding to the bottom of the rod 20.

I claim as my inventionl. Atwine-take-updevicecoinprisingasuspended rod having an aperture at oneend and a stop at the other, and a spring-clamp adapted to slide on said rod.

2. A twine-take-up device comprising an `upright guide-rod, a resilient clamp slidably IOO ed on the rod and provided with clampingjaws arranged to engage a piece of twine, and a guide arranged near the upper portion of the rod, and adapted to receive the twine, substantially as described.

4. A twine-holder comprising a resilient clamp having clamping-jaws arranged to receive the twine, means for guiding the clamp in its upward and downward movement, and a guide arranged to receive the twine and adapted to cause the same to lift the clamp when the free end of the twine is pulled, sub stantially as described.

5. Atwine-takeupdevicecomprisingavertically-movable clamp having clamping-jaws, means for guiding the clamp, and aguide arranged to receive the twine and adapted to cause the clamp to move upward when the free end of the twine is pulled, substantially as described.

G. A twine-take-up device comprising a vertically-movable approximatelycircular clamp constructed of resilient metal and provided with terminal clamping-jaws, said clamp being provided at a point remote from the jaws with an opening, means for guiding the clamp in its vertical movement, and a guide located above the clamp and arranged to receive the twine and adapted to cause the clamp to be moved upward when the free end of the twine is pulled, substantially as described.

7. A twine-take-up device comprising a vertically-movable approximately circular clamp having grooved clamping-jaws and provided with a twine-receiving opening, and a supporting-rod having the clamp slidably mounted on it and provided with means for limiting the movement 'thereof and having an opening near its upper end located above the clamp, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL E. A. LUNDQUIST.

Witnesses:

E. D. SKILLMAN, L. J. ERIKSEN. 

